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Posted On: 19 MAR 2021 2:54PM by PIB Delhi

Under NHM, States/UTs have been given flexibility to deploy Mobile Medical Units (MMUs) to provide a range of health care services for the populations particularly living in remote, inaccessible, un-served and underserved areas, as per the needs identified by the respective States/UTs.

Public health and hospital is a State subject. Under the National Health Mission (NHM), Government of India provides financial and technical support to States/UTs to strengthen their healthcare systems, including support for Mobile Medical Unit (MMUs), based on the requirements posed by them in their Programme Implementation Plans (PIPs), subject to availability of resources.

However, under NHM, as per norms, one MMU is supported per 10 lakh population subject to capping of 5 MMUs per district.  However, further relaxation of norms is available on a case-to-case basis and where patients served though existing MMUs exceed 60 patients per day per MMU in plain area and 30 patients per day per MMU in hilly areas.

Details of Mobile Medicals Units (Operational)

under National Health Mission (NHM)

S.N State/UTs Mobile Medical Units (MMUs)  
1 Bihar 0
2 Chhattisgarh 30
3 Himachal Pradesh 12
4 Jammu & Kashmir 10
5 Jharkhand 92
6 Madhya Pradesh 150
7 Orissa 9
8 Rajasthan 214
9 Uttar Pradesh 170
10 Uttarakhand 17
11 Arunachal Pradesh 16
12 Assam 130
13 Manipur 9
14 Meghalaya 4
15 Mizoram 9
16 Nagaland 11
17 Sikkim 0
18 Tripura 0
19 Andhra Pradesh 67
20 Goa 0
21 Gujarat 74
22 Haryana 12
23 Karnataka 70
24 Kerala 28
25 Maharashtra 50
26 Punjab 33
27 Tamil Nadu 415
28 Telangana 0
29 West Bengal 49
30 A&N Island 0
31 Chandigarh 0
32 D&N Haveli/Daman & Diu 3
33 Delhi 2
34 Ladakh 1
35 Lakshadweep 0
36 Puducherry 4
TOTAL 1691

Source: NHM-MIS reports as on Dec 2020.

The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh. Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here today.

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